Emotionally, this is like having your teeth pulled by a back alley dentist without anesthetic. For some reason, it gives me flashbacks of being locked in a hot car as a toddler on a hot summer day in Texas while wondering if your parent lost track of time or forgot you were in the car. Can't get out of the car, but the heat and inability to breathe tamper with your ability and will to find a way out of the hot car. It must be the despair.
So I got this wrong the first time I did it (I picked A), but I just did it over again and quickly got to the right answer (D). If anyone's stuck (this question made NO sense to me until now), here's how I thought about it.
Conclusion: The idea that negative news reports cause harm to the economy, because it damages people's confidence in the economy which then affects their want to spend money is wrong.
Why?: Because studies show a correlation between people's confidence in their own economy and spending.
*Something I realized to not get mistaken with (and thank goodness this wasn't an answer choice at the time) was not to think that the flaw was that the author was relying on (1) study to make a particular argument. That's not the flaw we want to focus on, because it's not really the root of support that the author has. It's not that they are relying on a study; they're relying on the concept of what the study is saying (I don't really know how else to write this, and honestly it's shaky for me to. If anyone can better explain this, that would be great).
So I realized that the flaw was that the author assumes that the economy and one's personal economy are not intertwined. They think they are independent of each other. But what if they are connected some way? I realized that the flaw was that the author doesn't think the economy affects personal economy, and that is what D is.
A is wrong because it's built backwards. The author thinks that the economy does not affect the personal economy, not that the personal economy affects the economy. Hope that helps someone else!
Getting the last one wrong I am the stupidest boy in all the world. God should strike me down so I do not shame my family with a dishonorable lsat performance.
It's been really helpful for me too. For almost every question I can POE it down to two answer choices & from there, it's not too bad to parse out which answer choice is better.
THE CONFIDENCE I HAD ANSWERING THIS QUESTION!!! i don't think i've ever been so confident in an answer, EVER. im actually so proud of myself for this question
I got this one right, but I have gotten more wrong than I would like... I do not think I should feel bad about wrong answers... I am still very much shaping how I view this test and how I do each question... So getting them wrong is normal and a integral part in learning where my gaps in knowledge are on this test!!!
A. this is exactly the point the author is trying to make, so the argument doesn’t fail to consider this
B. accuracy has no relevance here
C. If they pay no attention to the news reports, the news reports don’t effect them, so this argument has nothing to do with them
D. Correct, because the author is trying to argue against the critics’ claims that negative news reports = negative views of the economy = not willing to spend money, with the premise that spending trends are closely correlated with people’s confidence in their own financial situations. in other words, the author is trying to say that people’s spending isn’t determined by the news reports or the subsequent confidence levels in the economy , rather, their spending is determined by their own finances (such as, for example, how much is in their savings. however, D brings in the idea that negative feelings about the economy make them feel pessimistic about their own finances, regardless of what their individual situations may be. An idea the author failed to consider
E. compares 2 irrelevant factors; author never mention whether they were forewarned
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nothing more comforting than hearing JY start off with "this was a tough on"
I could totally ace this test if they give me 7 min per question
@JunoGrace lmao same.
@JunoGrace Girl YES Lol..Agreed.
Emotionally, this is like having your teeth pulled by a back alley dentist without anesthetic. For some reason, it gives me flashbacks of being locked in a hot car as a toddler on a hot summer day in Texas while wondering if your parent lost track of time or forgot you were in the car. Can't get out of the car, but the heat and inability to breathe tamper with your ability and will to find a way out of the hot car. It must be the despair.
Shooter gang Chloe, I think I love you.
I am guessing you were down to A and D.
Me: looking at the screen for 10 minutes and down to B and C haha
same lol
going through the 7sage comment section is my new social media - has me laughing at my computer - we are in this together my friend
I hit these "tough" questions with no issue but then when he says this an "easy" question I always get them wrong
So I got this wrong the first time I did it (I picked A), but I just did it over again and quickly got to the right answer (D). If anyone's stuck (this question made NO sense to me until now), here's how I thought about it.
Conclusion: The idea that negative news reports cause harm to the economy, because it damages people's confidence in the economy which then affects their want to spend money is wrong.
Why?: Because studies show a correlation between people's confidence in their own economy and spending.
*Something I realized to not get mistaken with (and thank goodness this wasn't an answer choice at the time) was not to think that the flaw was that the author was relying on (1) study to make a particular argument. That's not the flaw we want to focus on, because it's not really the root of support that the author has. It's not that they are relying on a study; they're relying on the concept of what the study is saying (I don't really know how else to write this, and honestly it's shaky for me to. If anyone can better explain this, that would be great).
So I realized that the flaw was that the author assumes that the economy and one's personal economy are not intertwined. They think they are independent of each other. But what if they are connected some way? I realized that the flaw was that the author doesn't think the economy affects personal economy, and that is what D is.
A is wrong because it's built backwards. The author thinks that the economy does not affect the personal economy, not that the personal economy affects the economy. Hope that helps someone else!
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I'm just at the WTF point of this section
fallin for the oldest trick in the book :(
Getting the last one wrong I am the stupidest boy in all the world. God should strike me down so I do not shame my family with a dishonorable lsat performance.
Gets this one right I am God??
not sure if this will help anyone, but POE has been king on these for me
It's been really helpful for me too. For almost every question I can POE it down to two answer choices & from there, it's not too bad to parse out which answer choice is better.
Agreed! D made more sense than A for me and those were my final two choices
i suck at this section, YAY!
It took me 3 mins to think it through, but i got it. In this economy, i'll take every win i can get
I feel so slay for seeing A was backwards immediately
THE CONFIDENCE I HAD ANSWERING THIS QUESTION!!! i don't think i've ever been so confident in an answer, EVER. im actually so proud of myself for this question
Could have been explained more clearly. Also, your handwriting is making it so difficult to understand
three wrong in a row, love it.......
this is hard as f.
again, in between A and D, chose wrong!
A was just a backwards causal logic than D was
same
Ugh.
this one was ruuuuufff
Yeah I am going to need to come back to it later... I've given it two days and still don't get it.
I need to read slower and more carefully,
I got this one right, but I have gotten more wrong than I would like... I do not think I should feel bad about wrong answers... I am still very much shaping how I view this test and how I do each question... So getting them wrong is normal and a integral part in learning where my gaps in knowledge are on this test!!!
A. this is exactly the point the author is trying to make, so the argument doesn’t fail to consider this
B. accuracy has no relevance here
C. If they pay no attention to the news reports, the news reports don’t effect them, so this argument has nothing to do with them
D. Correct, because the author is trying to argue against the critics’ claims that negative news reports = negative views of the economy = not willing to spend money, with the premise that spending trends are closely correlated with people’s confidence in their own financial situations. in other words, the author is trying to say that people’s spending isn’t determined by the news reports or the subsequent confidence levels in the economy , rather, their spending is determined by their own finances (such as, for example, how much is in their savings. however, D brings in the idea that negative feelings about the economy make them feel pessimistic about their own finances, regardless of what their individual situations may be. An idea the author failed to consider
E. compares 2 irrelevant factors; author never mention whether they were forewarned
POE is 👑
Why are the harder questions easier for me and the easier ones hell for me.